| Alphasphaerolipovirus | |
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| Sphaerolipoviridae virion | |
Virus classification 
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| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Varidnaviria |
| Kingdom: | Helvetiavirae |
| Phylum: | Dividoviricota |
| Class: | Laserviricetes |
| Order: | Halopanivirales |
| Family: | Sphaerolipoviridae |
| Genus: | Alphasphaerolipovirus |
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Alphasphaerolipovirus is a genus of double stranded DNA viruses that infect Haloarchaea. The genus contains four species.
Taxonomy
The genus contains the following species:
- Alphasphaerolipovirus helsinkii (formerly Haloarcula hispanica icosahedral virus 2 (2014-2019), A. HHIV2 (2021))
- Alphasphaerolipovirus pinkense (formerly Haloarcula hispanica virus PH1 (2014-2019), A. PH1 (2021))
- Alphasphaerolipovirus serpentinense (formerly Haloarcula hispanica virus SH1 (2014-2019), A. SH1 (2021))
- Alphasphaerolipovirus viikkii (formerly Haloarcula virus HCIV1 (2014-2019), A. HCIV1 (2021))
Note
The name Halosphaerovirus was also proposed for this genus.
References
- Pawlowski A, Rissanen I, Bamford JK, Krupovic M, Jalasvuori M (2014). "Gammasphaerolipovirus, a newly proposed bacteriophage genus, unifies viruses of halophilic archaea and thermophilic bacteria within the novel family Sphaerolipoviridae" (PDF). Arch Virol. 159 (6): 1541–1554. doi:10.1007/s00705-013-1970-6. PMID 24395078.
- "Current ICTV Taxonomy Release | ICTV". ictv.global. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
- Porter K, Tang SL, Chen CP, Chiang PW, Hong MJ, Dyall-Smith M (2013) PH1: An archaeovirus of Haloarcula hispanica related to SH1 and HHIV-2. Archaea 2013: 456318
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Alphasphaerolipovirus | |